It's a new season and RC is back with more Tips and Tricks for your photography! Erik Valind shares the easy method he uses for finding white balance in tricky situations. Larry Becker gives advice on how to keep track of loaned equipment, and RC explains how to use Nikon's 3D tracking mode.

Episode Summary

It's a new season and RC is back with more Tips and Tricks for your photography! Erik Valind shares the easy method he uses for finding white balance in tricky situations. Larry Becker gives advice on how to keep track of loaned equipment, and RC explains how to use Nikon's 3D tracking mode.

I just can’t get enough of your shows; so informative and interesting. I would like to see more on knowing you have the correct aperture and shutter speed. I am new to photography and just so anxious to learn everything. I like many others I am sure think these two things have probably been the hardest things to understand thus far.

Welcome back, R.C. I never quite understood 3D tracking. Thanks for the explanation. Ditto on the request for how to get some great landscape photos. I’m going on vacation soon and want to come home with some photos that make people say wow.

Welcome back. With focusing I was wondering if you had any tips for when switching to ai servo from one shot. I shoot my portraits with a single focus point but I constantly have to switch to ai servo during a wedding. Problem is I just don’t want to track my subjects in the middle of the frame. Any tips would be helpful. Would love to get the flash bender also.

Welcome back and great show! I have been waiting for this new season since you went off, I really love this program! I would also love a chance to use those flash benders and I don’t know if anyone has commented on this but the theme music is absolutely perfect!

It would be helpful to hear about video tips for those of us who don’t want to shoot movies but just the occasional short clip, especially settings
Thanks for all the tips. I enjoy the suggested web sites.

Hi guys, welcome back!
I would really want to hear more about good relatively cheap camera flash remote triggers (not IR) and available worldwide.
I have a Nikon D90, a SB 800 and a SB900 flash.
I want to learn to use both in location photography effectively but with minimum buck impact in purchasing extra gear.
By the way, I have also an umbrella and a softbox for speedlights.
Thanks

Welcome back! Great tips as always. Could you give us your opinions on wireless camera control. There are various products out there like the CamRanger. Which do you like and which would you recommend? Many thanks for a great show.

Hello could I request for something like how to treat the models ,like do’s and don’ts in a shoot or what are the right things to say. Please just anything that is not about the photographer or technicality of a something about manners and interaction with the model and even the crew.

Thank you I been following this show before it became “Photography Tips and Tricks” So cool! short but very informative.

Would like to see interviews with other photographers — more of their inspiration and thoughts behind a shoot rather than gear and technique. Sort of like the Zack Arias interview currently on Kelby Training.

PERFECT Timing. Just today, Friday, I was actually reading my D3s manual about 3D tracking. I often use it OR single spot focus which I move around with the control button if needed. Shooting rodeo and other sports, there is often SOMETHING coming between me and subject. I used to watch out of left eye (Right eye camera) and let go of the shutter button until he passes. Now I will try setting to LONG wait period.
Question: I use the shutter button to activate focus but Scott and other action shooters recommend using the AF button on back of camera (Nikon). Can you explain the difference and advantages? I’m comfortable my way but could be a convert it it really makes a difference. Thanks for all the tips. It’s good to have you back. I’ll also finally be coming to PSW in vegas this year.

Thanks for the great show(s)!
I have a Canon 5D mkII. I’m not aware of an equivalent to the 3D tracking on that camera. Have I missed something? When you speak about a feature on one brand, it would be great if you could mention its equivalent (or absence ) on other brands.

Great show as usual. Could you cover the subject of how the new higher megapixel sensors demand more of the lenses to produce great results and how to balance the challenge of cost vs. performance? Thanks!

Glad to see you back. I would love to see you demonstrate some tips for using macro focussing rails. I bought a really cheap old Spiratone one, and some araca swiss mounts to put my camera on it. I would love some tips for using it.

Love the show, very helpful.
Can you do a bit on backup?
I currently use an iMac with 3 external drives, a 3tb for photos, 2tb for music and a 3tb for time machine.
I am not sure whether I should look into a raid system. I fell Drobo is very expensive (£600 for a driverless box).
Backing up to the cloud is not feaseable as my Internet connection is too slow.
I need something reliable and not too expensive.

Hey RC, it was great to meet you at Photoshop World Orlando! Glad you guys are back with a new season. And my plea for winning this contest is that I’m also a Floridian! Hehe. Anyways great show! Thanks for the insight on the 3D tracking , I have that same camera (in black) and wondered about that setting.

Loved the show; so glad its back. The break dancing horse was just great – here really is no end to RC’s talent is there?
Would love to win the rogue kit. After having less than useful results with a lastolight on camera flash softbox, I reckon that the rogue kit may avoid the issue where the flash distance sensor not seeing the subject.

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I know you guy have the ‘website to watch’ feature, but you should do photographer to follow too: point out someone over on Google+ and give them some lime light for their great work.

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Another idea is to perhaps have product pick of the week – where you pick a product under $100 and show it off (do an actual demo with it), whether it be a rogue flash bender, a set of gels, an iPad case, anything, something, just a quick, basic review but show us the product in action and some of the results you can get when using that product. You could perhaps also then have that as the giveaway. I know you are giving away the rogue set this week, but I’m talking specifically trying to keep the product to something at $100 or less.

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It’d also be great to have a quick Photoshop or Lightroom tip. Something very basic, like a cool keyboard shortcut that people may not have know about or something.

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My third suggestion is just about giving something back to the community. It’s the new season so why not offer people 10% off for 1 month on KelbyTraining.com, or a discount code on a product line or something. As well as giving newbies Tips & Tricks, why not give them a little helping hand a get us a discount code to knock a few dollars off a product that you’re promoting.

I enjoyed how quick and to the point this episode was too, very concise, but I felt like I needed just a little bit more content this time round

cheers, looking forward to future episodes. Keep up all the awesome work.

Hi, I just discovered kelbytv and the photography tips and tricks videos. There are so many shows to watch. Thanks for the tips. Hopefully I’ll have my website up soon:). The tip on the white balance is great!

I’d like to see a few tips on shooting outdoors with couples in variable light (harsh light, using shadows, reflectors, low light) and tips on travelling light while on location. It’d also be great to see a few tips on using speedlites in these same locations.

Good show, useful info as always, thanks RC! Really liked the focusing tip. Agree with Jim Beardsley, “How about more on selecting the correct focus technique, ie, when and how to use 3D tracking etc.” Oh and use a D600/800 for the demo!